The mission of the Aging Institute is to understand how and why we age and to leverage this information for new therapies to treat age-related diseases.
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NIH U54 leads to creation of TriState SenNet Tissue Mapping Center
Led by Drs. Toren Finkel (Aging Institute/Cardiology) and Melanie Königshoff (PACCM), the TriState SenNet TMC (tristatesennet.pitt.edu) combines the expertise of faculty from Pitt, CMU, OSU, and URMC to develop a high-resolution map of the senescent cell population in...
Bill Chen, PhD, identifies drugs that could combat COVID-19 mutations
In a recent Nature Communications article, Dr. Bill Chen's lab discuss how a high-throughput screen could be used to identify FDA-approved compounds that may resist SARS-CoV-2 infection. “I grew up in China and came to the U.S. in 2003, the year of the first SARS...
Dr. Toren Finkel appointed as Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Dr. Toren Finkel has been appointed as Distinguished Professor of Medicine. Distinguished professorship constitutes the highest honor that the University of Pittsburgh can accord a member of the professoriate. Congratulations!
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